Analyzing our problems by detaching ourselves from them and talking about them as if they concerned not us, but other people, is called ______
a. sublimation c. projection
b. regression d. intellectualization
d
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Which statement concerning reconstituted families is true?
a. Difficulties are more likely if both parents bring children into the family. b. The first few years in the new family tend to be the time of least conflict. c. Boys tend to resent step-fathers more than girls resent step-mothers. d. Children in blended reconstituted families are less likely to show antisocial behaviors than children from intact two-parent families.
Estradiol normally found in the bloodstream of a female rat fetus neither masculinizes nor feminizes its development because it is ____
a. chemically converted to testosterone b. bound to alpha-fetoprotein c. dissolved in the fat supplies of the fetus d. not effective on cells even if it did enter them
For punishment to be effective with children,
a. they must be punished on an intermittent schedule. b. one parent must be the punisher and the other the reinforcer. c. parents should be very clear about what they regard as misbehavior. d. it is important that the punishment not be too predictable, that is, if you gave three warnings last time, give only one warning this time.
One of the many reasons for getting an education is because
a. long-term memory is almost "filled up" by age 25 so it is important to "fill it up" with important information. b. long-term memory is stored mainly by sound (phonetically), and most education is transmitted orally in lectures. c. the more you know, the easier it becomes to add new information to one's long-term memory. d. it prevents the procedural long-term memories from being lost due to disuse.